How the Professional Development School and Community School strategy
might benefit from an integrated perspective serves as the guiding
framework for this volume of Research in Professional Development
Schools. This book advocates for blending these two approaches to
address the needs of P-20 settings and their communities. Because we
recognize the inherent strengths in both models, we encouraged chapters
that had as a primary focus one or both models as they sought to support
teacher preparation and K-12 partners. Subsequently, a series of
questions framed the conversation around the potential for combining
these models as well as what such an integrated model might present for
teacher education programs, K-12 partners, and their communities. Since
this volume explores three different aspects of the relationship between
Professional Development Schools and Community Schools, a set of
guiding questions were offered to guide the specific models addressed.